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what is this linux version based on?

I'm trying to find out which distribution my version of linux is based on.

Unfortunately
uname -a just says
Linux G5000_Dortmund 2.6.19 #1 Wed Sep 10 15:29:31 CEST 2008 i686 pentium4 i386 GNU/Linux

/etc/issue says
Welcome to TDT-Linux - Kernel \r (\l).

How can I find out if it's based on Debian, Ubuntu, RedHead or Suse or even something else?

Quote:

Originally Posted by KatrinAlec (Post 5453889)

Linux G5000_Dortmund 2.6.19 #1 Wed Sep 10 15:29:31 CEST 2008 i686 pentium4 i386 GNU/Linux

Both Red Hat- and Debian-based Linuxes have a file named /etc/os-release or similar with release information.

Those are the files in /etc

Code:

root@G5000_Dortmund:/etc# ls

HOSTNAME    blkid.tab      dircolors  gshadow    inittab        issue        limits          mtab          postfix    radiusclient  shadow  ssl          wgetrc

acpi        blkid.tab.old  fdprm      gshadow-  inputrc        issue.net    localtime      nsswitch.conf  ppp        rc.d          shadow-  sysconfig    xinetd.conf

alec        cron          fstab      hosts      iproute2      l2tpd        login.access    ntp.conf      profile    resolv.conf  shells  syslog.conf

aliases    crontab        group      hotplug    ipsec.conf    ld.so.cache  login.defs      opt            profile.d  rpc          skel    udev

aliases.db  default        group-    hotplug.d  ipsec.d        ld.so.conf  logrotate.conf  passwd        protocols  sensors.conf  snmp    vimrc

bashrc      dhcpd.conf    grub      ifplugd    ipsec.secrets  lfs-release  logrotate.d    passwd-        quagga    services      ssh      webmin

The files I thought might be interesting are:

Code:

root@G5000_Dortmund:/etc# cat issue

Welcome to TDT-Linux - Kernel \r (\l).



root@G5000_Dortmund:/etc# cat issue.net

Welcome to TDT-Linux - Kernel %r (%t).



root@G5000_Dortmund:/etc# cat lfs-release 

6.1

I need the information to decide which course to take about linux basics, as they differenciate between Debian, Ubuntu, redhat and Suse.

The presence of the file lfs-release indicates that this is a Linux From Scratch installation, not a distro in the usual sense.

It shouldn't be too hard to install Linux from a DVD; there are tutorials all over the place. Why don't you try an easier to manage distro like Mint - it's Debian based.

I already know a bit about linux, but that special installation baffled me.
I was planning to learn things from scratch, so I thought I'd go for the course with the distro we're using.

We have to use that special software (at least for now), and I guess I have problems using it because it's not a normal distro.

I'll go for Debian then :)

Thanks.